The UN Human Rights Council is the successor to the UN Commission on Human Rights. It is responsible for promoting and protecting human rights around the world. The Council's website gives details of its membership, rules of procedure, advisory committees and working groups, meetings and other events. There is information about the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), whereby the HRC reviews the human rights record of each UN Member States every four years.
Official website of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) which is one of the Indian Houses of Parliament. Rajya Sabha is the Upper House of Parliament and its members are not elected directly by the Indian people but by the Legislative Assemblies of the various states. The site has background information on the role and composition of Rajya Sabha, organisational information and profiles of members. Details of parliamentary business are provided in bulletins, journals and synopses of debates.
Official website of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) which is one of the Indian Houses of Parliament. Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people directly elected by the adult population who are eligible to vote. The website gives details of members, parliamentary business and the work of committees. Parliamentary debates back to 2004 can be viewed in full text along with parliamentary questions. The site provides an outline of how laws are passed in the Indian Parliament.
Official website of the Slovakian Ministry of Justice. The site includes a profile of the Justice Minister and outlines the roles and duties of the individual sections within the Ministry. These cover criminal law, civil law and international law. There is information about the provision of legal aid and Slovakian extradition procedures. An outline of the court system and the Judicial Academy and an organisation chart of the Ministry are also given. The site can be viewed in Slovak only.
The Department for Communities is a department of the Northern Ireland Executive. Its key responsibilities are housing, social policy, social security and child welfare. This site features electronic collections of current Northern Ireland (NI) social security and child welfare legislation, and links to NI legislation relating to housing and social policy (such as licensing laws). There is also a link to the Northern Ireland Digest of Case Law database which includes decisions of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support Commissioners for Northern Ireland.
Official website of the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) whose role is to investigate complaints made by users of the following Government Agencies: the Child Support Agency; Debt Management; Pension, Disability and Carers Service; the Financial Assistance Scheme; Jobcentre Plus; Child Maintenance and Enforcement Division (Northern Ireland) and the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency. The site gives guidance on how to make a complaint and how complaints will be dealt with by the ICE, additional information about the work of the ICE, annual reports and news items about the service.
Website of the Employment Law Guide a freely available resource provided by the United States Department of Labor (DOL). The Guide provides information on major statutes and regulations administered by the DOL that affect businesses and workers. The Guide is arranged into sections which include wages and hours worked, health and safety standards, health benefits, retirement and workersã compensation, work authorisation for non-US citizens and federal contracts. Reference is also made to laws relating to the agriculture, construction and mining industries.
Official website of the Philippines Supreme Court. The site provides a history of the Supreme Court and a presentation outlining the Philippine judiciary and court system. Decisions of the court from the last 12 months are available on the site, with a link to the Supreme Court e-Library for older judgments (back to 1996). The Court's monthly newsletter, Benchmark, is available, along with annual reports, court rules, circulars and orders and information on bar exams and examinees.
Official website of the Supreme Court of Mongolia. These pages provide a history of the courts in Mongolia, details of the justices and information on the structure, role and organisation of the Supreme Court. Information is also given on related judicial bodies including the Mongolian Judges Association, the Judicial Disciplinary Committee, the Judicial Qualification Committee and the General Council of Courts. The can be viewed in Mongolian and English.
Official website of the Kazakhstan Supreme Court. This site can be viewed in Russian and Kazakh. The English interface provides brief information only. This includes a history of the Supreme Court, a profile of the Chairman and a link to the website of the Committee on Judicial Administration. There is also guidance on using the Court and the sort of cases heard by the Supreme Court and a copy of the Kazakhstan law governing the judicial system and the status of judges.
